Herbarium specimen: Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata

Taxon:	Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata L. ("Whorled Mint")
Other name:	Labiatae: Mentha hirsuta Huds. Could this be a variety of Mentha hirsuta? It has nearly the habit of M. gentilis.
Filed in taxon folder:	Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis x aquatica = M. x verticillata L. ("Whorled Mint")
Collected by:	Mr William Borrer
Collection date:	1814
Locality:	Great Britain, VC13 West Sussex, Cowfold, TQ22
ex herb:	Dawson Turner Sir William Jackson Hooker
Institution:	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:	K001026359
Image: © Kew

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Documented by ml.roberts on 14^th August 2014.

Checked by tom humphrey

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